Sun Games Return To WCTX/MyTV9 In 2009

UNCASVILLE - A total of seven Connecticut Sun games will be broadcast on Connecticut’s Sports Zone, MyTV9, this summer as the team enters the second season of a multi-year partnership with WCTX/MyTV9.

"We are thrilled to continue our affiliation with WCTX MyTV9," said Chris Sienko, General Manager of the Connecticut Sun, on Thursday. "Jon and his team have done everything possible to make this a great fit, and bring the Sun to our fans in a first class manner, with a very complete schedule."

Highlights of the broadcast schedule include home games against the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock on July 11th and Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm on August 13th, as well as a road game in Phoenix against Diana Taurasi and the Mercury on August 29th.

"We are excited to continue out partnership with the Connecticut Sun," said Jon Hitchcock, Vice President and General Manager of WTNH News Channel 8 and WCTX MyTV9. "Connecticut is the home of great basketball fans. We are thrilled to provide our viewers, with some of the best the WNBA has to offer."

The rest of the schedule includes games at New York on June 7th, against defending Western Conference champion San Antonio on June 21st, at Chicago on August 1st and against Indiana in the regular season home finale on September 13th. This schedule is subject to change.

Be part of the 2009 Connecticut Sun basketball season with MyTV9. The attached broadcast schedule is also available at myzone.tv.

About the Television Stations

WTNH-TV, an ABC affiliate, and WCTX-TV, a My Network TV affiliate, are both LIN Television stations. LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries ("LIN TV" or "the Company"), is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating 29 television stations in 17 U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN TV’s highly-rated stations deliver important local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 10 million households per week.

LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its television station web sites and a growing number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL". Financial information about the company is available at www.lintv.com